diff --git a/daemon/procmon/activepids.go b/daemon/procmon/activepids.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c6620015
--- /dev/null
+++ b/daemon/procmon/activepids.go
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+package procmon
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/evilsocket/opensnitch/daemon/log"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+	"sync"
+	"time"
+)
+
+type value struct {
+	Process *Process
+	//Starttime uniquely identifies a process, it is the 22nd value in /proc/<PID>/stat
+	//if another process starts with the same PID, it's Starttime will be unique
+	Starttime uint32
+}
+
+var (
+	activePids     = make(map[uint32]value)
+	activePidsLock = sync.RWMutex{}
+)
+
+//monitorActivePids checks that each process in activePids
+//is still running and if not running (or another process with the same pid is running),
+//removes the pid from activePids
+func monitorActivePids() {
+	for {
+		time.Sleep(time.Second)
+		activePidsLock.Lock()
+		for k, v := range activePids {
+			data, err := ioutil.ReadFile(fmt.Sprintf("/proc/%d/stat", k))
+			if err != nil {
+				//file does not exists, pid has quit
+				delete(activePids, k)
+				continue
+			}
+			startTime, err := strconv.Atoi(strings.Split(string(data), " ")[21])
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Error("Could not find or convert Starttime. This should never happen. Please report this incident to the Opensnitch developers.")
+				delete(activePids, k)
+				continue
+			}
+			if uint32(startTime) != v.Starttime {
+				//extremely unlikely: the original process has quit and another process
+				//was started with the same PID - all this in less than 1 second
+				log.Error("Same PID but different Starttime. Please report this incident to the Opensnitch developers.")
+				delete(activePids, k)
+				continue
+			}
+		}
+		activePidsLock.Unlock()
+	}
+}
+
+func findProcessInActivePidsCache(pid uint32) *Process {
+	activePidsLock.Lock()
+	defer activePidsLock.Unlock()
+	if value, ok := activePids[pid]; ok {
+		return value.Process
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func addToActivePidsCache(pid uint32, proc *Process) {
+
+	data, err := ioutil.ReadFile(fmt.Sprintf("/proc/%d/stat", pid))
+	if err != nil {
+		//most likely the process has quit by now
+		return
+	}
+	startTime, err2 := strconv.Atoi(strings.Split(string(data), " ")[21])
+	if err2 != nil {
+		log.Error("Could not find or convert Starttime. This should never happen. Please report this incident to the Opensnitch developers.")
+		return
+	}
+
+	activePidsLock.Lock()
+	activePids[pid] = value{
+		Process:   proc,
+		Starttime: uint32(startTime),
+	}
+	activePidsLock.Unlock()
+}
diff --git a/daemon/procmon/parse.go b/daemon/procmon/parse.go
index e3f97d1e..efeeba3a 100644
--- a/daemon/procmon/parse.go
+++ b/daemon/procmon/parse.go
@@ -107,6 +107,10 @@ func FindProcess(pid int, interceptUnknown bool) *Process {
 		}
 	}
 
+	if proc := findProcessInActivePidsCache(uint32(pid)); proc != nil {
+		return proc
+	}
+
 	linkName := fmt.Sprint("/proc/", pid, "/exe")
 	if _, err := os.Lstat(linkName); err != nil {
 		return nil
@@ -120,6 +124,7 @@ func FindProcess(pid int, interceptUnknown bool) *Process {
 		proc.readEnv()
 		proc.cleanPath()
 
+		addToActivePidsCache(uint32(pid), proc)
 		return proc
 	}
 	return nil
diff --git a/daemon/procmon/process.go b/daemon/procmon/process.go
index bd763911..d601d6ec 100644
--- a/daemon/procmon/process.go
+++ b/daemon/procmon/process.go
@@ -125,4 +125,5 @@ func Init() {
 	// if any of the above methods have failed, fallback to proc
 	log.Info("Process monitor method /proc")
 	SetMonitorMethod(MethodProc)
+	go monitorActivePids()
 }